City Council Meeting Recap 1.14.20
Here the video from the meeting:
And here are a few of the main items the Birmingham City Council passed at the January 14th, 2020 meeting:
Item 8
The Birmingham City Council approved a Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with New Haven Apartments LP that would refinance their mortgage. The Mortgage Note will be extended to May 1, 2034 in the amount of $316,800.00, plus interest.
The New Haven Apartments are a 56-unit apartment complex for senior citizens in Pratt City that were developed using Federal HOME funds. Extending this mortgage would keep the units at affordable prices.
Watch the video below to hear an explanation of the item from Councilor Darrell O’Quinn and Councilor Valerie Abbott.
Item 9
The Birmingham City Council voted to expend $276,000 of grant funds from the US Department of Justice for a new generation of Body Cameras for the Birmingham Police Department that would integrate with the City’s Real Time Crime Center.
Watch the video below to learn more about this grant from Councilor Hunter Williams, Chair of the Council’s Public Safety Committee.
Item 11
The Birmingham City Council approved a Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Birmingham to make a grant application with the U. S. Department of Justice through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), for a financial award in the amount of $10,000 to be used by the Birmingham Public Library to provide increase awareness of the 2020 Census in hard-to-count Alabama Communities.
The Birmingham Public Library system plans to implement “Census Fridays” at each of their locations in the city between March 1st and June 1st, to provide resources such as free internet access to Birmingham residents (this being the first time citizens can fill out their census forms online), and other important touch points that would increase participation in the Census.
Read the story below to learn more about the important’s of this year’s Census to the future of Birmingham.
Full Agenda
Super Students
Watch the video to meet the latest recipients of District 9 Councilor John Hilliard’s “Super Student” Awards
Upcoming Meetings
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
9:00 a.m. — Park Board Meeting — Maxine Herring Parker Board Room, Legion Field, 400 Graymont Avenue West
Friday, January 17, 2020
8:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. — Coffee With The Clergy — Lawson State Student Success Center @ Lawson State Community College, 3060 Wilson Road SW — Council President Pro-Tempore Wardine Alexander, District 7
Monday January 20, 2020
MLK DAY — CITY HALL CLOSED
12:30 p.m. — Joint Parks and Recreation Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — City Council Chambers — CANCELLED
2:00 p.m. — Joint Governmental Affairs Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — City Council Chambers — CANCELLED
4:00 p.m. — Joint Transportation Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — City Council Chambers — CANCELLED
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
9:00 a.m. — Pre-Council Meeting — City Council Chambers; 9:30 a.m. — Council Meeting — City Council Chambers
2:00 p.m. — Joint Utilities/Technology Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — Conference Rooms “D & E”
3:30 p.m. — Joint Public Safety Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — City Council Chambers
6:00 p.m. — District 4 Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Randall Woodfin and Council President William Parker — Shields Conference Center, 3969 14th Avenue North — Council President William Parker, District 4
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
8:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. — Chat & Chew — Oxmoor Community Center, 1992 Wenonah Oxmoor Road — Council President Pro-Tempore Wardine Alexander, District 7
12:00 p.m. — Joint Special Called Planning and Zoning Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — 5th Floor Conference Room- City Hall
2:00 p.m. — Joint Special Called Transportation Committee and Special Called Committee of the Whole Meeting — City Council Chambers
3:30 p.m. — Committee of the Whole Meeting — Conference Rooms “D & E
